Nerita morio   (Sowerby, 1833)


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Cycloneritida | Neritidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific: Form Easter Island and Sala y Gómez westward in a narrow band through the Pitcairn Islands and Rapa to the Gambier and Austral Islands.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.9 cm SHW male/unsexed; (Ref. 87884)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

On and under rocks in tide pools, and on rocks at water's edge and in wave-surge area (Ref. 87884).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Neritopsina are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Spencer, H.G., J.M. Waters and T.E. Eichhorst. 2007. (Ref. 88768)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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